Be the PARENT, not the enabler!!! Their car? who bought it? Who pays the insurance?, etc? Actually, sounds kind of late now....Better half and I raised 6 kids.....barn chores started in second Grade. Barn and farm work continued thru graduation. None 'needed' a car....they worked at home and got paid for it, last two years of HS, each left home with 5-6 grand they earned raising their pigs/steers. It was their starting college fund.
They had time for some extra-curricular activities, not much sports interest, but most in band, chorus, speech, drama, FFA, 3 in National Honor Society, one Valedictorian, another, only local grad to attend and graduate from Stanford in CA.
She's currently serving us and US in Afghanistan, fifth paratrooper in our family....she extended two years to serve with her battle buddies to finish their deployment. Share this with your youngster.....about what our troops do for them...... so they can......exist!
Sure, sounds rough, but that's the definition of 'tough love'. Tough for the parent, but best for the kid. You love your kid....and that's why it's hard to ask for advice. I'm certainly no expert, but just want to share what worked for us.....and yes, my better half...IS the better half, when it comes to raising kids. Dave, good luck!
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Today's Featured Article - History of the Cockshutt Tractor - by Danny Bowes (Dsl). The son of a very successful Toronto and Brantford, Ontario merchant, and himself quite an entreprenuer, James G. Cockshutt opened a business called the Brantford Plow Works in 1877. In 1882, the business was incorporated to become the Cockshutt Plow Company. Along with quality built equipment, expedious demand and expansion made Cockshutt Plow Works the leader in the tillage tools sector of the farm equipment industry by the 1920's.
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